LAGOS JUNE 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Monday 17th, and Tuesday 18th June 2024 as public holidays to mark this year’s Eid-ul-Adha celebration. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr Aishetu Gogo Ndayako in a statement on Friday in Abuja. The announcement confirmed the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo…
LAGOS MARCH 28TH (NEWSRANGERSNGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1, 2024, as public holidays to mark the celebrations of 2024 Good Friday and Easter Monday respectively. The declaration was made by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, on behalf of the federal government in a statement signed by the Permanent…
LAGOS MAY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Airline Operators of Nigeria has announced the shutdown of its operations from Monday due to the steady increase in the cost of aviation fuel. The PUNCH had earlier reported that the airline operators had threatened to shut down their operations in March arguing that they had only three days of fuel…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, may be released by the Cour D’Appal De Cotonou today Monday. This is according to Ibrahim Salami, one of the Benin Republic-based lawyers representing Mr Igboho. In an interview on BBC, Ibrahim Salami explained that Igboho has two more stages to undergo before he…
LAGOS JUNE 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 14 as a public holiday to mark this year’s Democracy Day. This is as the government warned against agitations capable of threatening the peace of the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, was quoted to have said this in a statement on Wednesday by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-It has now been confirmed that the six governors of the South- south region will meet in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, under the umbrella of the Forum of South-South Governors, to discuss issues around the mining of gold in Zamfara State. A source close to one of the governors told…
LAGOS OCTOBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of all classes in public and private schools across the state from next week Monday, November 2, 2020. Boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1. Schools in the state were shut on October 19, 2020 following safety concerns after hoodlums…
LAGOS AUGUST 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria Monday reported 288 confirmed new cases of the deadly coronavirus, the first straight decline, to bring the tally in the country to 44, 129, with 20, 663 recoveries and 896 deaths (8 new). The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, said Lagos, the epicenter of the pandemic in the country, added…